Gherpe
by Superstudio
To request information, please write to info@poltronova.it, for a quote to sales@poltronova.it.
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- year1968
- typologytable lamp
- dimension53[l] x 31[w] x 38[h] cm
- materials
[diffusers] heat-formed PMMA
[plates and fittings] polished steel
[knobs] turned nylon - bulb1 x LED A60 E27 10W [max] 6400K
- colorsfluorescent red / opaline white
- weight4,3 kg
- downloadproduct leaflet | instructions
Exhibitions
- 1968Eurodomus 2, Torino Esposizioni, Turin
- 1971Domus Italian Design, Harrods, London
- 2007Il Modo Italiano, MART Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy | Il Modo Italiano, MBAM Musée des beaux—arts de Montréal, Montreal | Superarchitettura Re—loaded, Carla Sozzani Gallery, Milan
- 2008Plexiglas: Werkstoff in Architektur und Design = material in architecture and design, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany
- 2010Il Grande Gioco, Rotonda della Besana, Milano, Italy | Biennale di Design, Palazzo dei Capitani, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
- 2011Superstudio Backstage, Museo Pecci, Prato, Italy
- 2013Superstudio Backstage 1966–1978, Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro, Italy | Radical Mind–Radical—Design, MuSa Museo multimediale della Scultura e dell’Architettura, Pietrasanta, Italy
- 2014Habitat Jardin, Expo Beaulieu, Lausanne
- 2015Creativa Produzione: La Toscana e il design Italiano 1950—1990, Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca, Italy | Super Superstudio, PAC, Milan
- 2016Superstudio 50, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome
- 2017Superstudio: Mobili 1966-2016, Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft, Cologne | Superstudio 50, Power Station of art, Shanghai | Radical Utopias. Beyond architecture: Florence 1966–1976, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
- 2018Joeuts à Jouer: Oggetti nella foresta, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Brussels | Italiana: L’Italia vista dalla moda 1971–2001, Palazzo Reale, Milan | Radical Utopias. Beyond architecture: Florence 1966 — 1976, CCA Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal | Vegetal House, MuMeDi, Museo Mexicano del Diseño, Mexico City
- 2019The Undomestic House: Architettura e abitare, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea “Osvaldo Licini”, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
- 2020Superstudio Migrazioni, CIVA, Brussels / Poltronova: La casa non domestica, Contemporary Cluster, Rome
- 2023Ultrafavola. Poltronova beyond the mirror, Milano Design Week, Milan
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What happens when the domestic landscape dissolves—what remains?
Centro Studi Poltronova presents
XS
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Rho Fiera Milano, Hall 24 | Booth D33
Milano Design Week 2025
April 7-13
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XS is an exhibition presenting a selection of Poltronova’s iconic designs like:
— 🐚 Gherpe, table lamp by Superstudio 1968
— 🌴 Sanremo, floor lamp by Archizoom Associati 1968
— 📐 Mies, armchair and footrest by Archizoom Associati, 1969
+ alongside something unexpected. Are you ready?
XS
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Rho Fiera, Milan
Hall 24, Booth D33
April 8–13 / 9.30 am – 6.30 pm
#Poltronova #Superstudio #Gherpe #GherpeLamp
#SanremoLamp #MiesArmchair #Mies #ArchizoomAssociati #RadicalDesign #PopDesign #Design #ItalianDesign #MadeInItaly #MilanoDesignWeek #MilanoDesignWeek2025 #Fuorisalone2025 #DesignWeek2025 #SaloneDelMobile #MDW2025 #MDW #SaloneDelMobile2025
Poltronova | Gherpe Lamp | Table Lamp | Superstudio | Sanremo Floor Lamp | Interior Design | Salone del Mobile 2025 | Radical Design | Mies armchair and footrest | Archizoom Associati
‼️ This is how we do it—crafted with love and our own hands. Bold, red* and unique.
🐚 The Gherpe table lamp stands out for its shell-like shape and the use of methacrylate. It is one of the first examples of an interactive luminous object.
🔴 Gherpe table lamp designed by Superstudio, 1968
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🎥 Video shooting by @pietrosavorelli_associati
✍️ Edit by @gianlucagaruart
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GHERPE + PASSIFLORA: SUPERSTUDIO 🐌🌼📖
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Check our monograph to dive into the spirit of the eclectic lamps Gherpe and Passiflora by radical group Superstudio.
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Our mood lately has been very brat, very bold. What about you?
Bold mood feat.
🐚 Gherpe table lamp by Superstudio
🟥 Canton wooden bench by Franco Raggi
🪞 Spera mirror / photo holder by Superstudio
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🐌 Gherpe
Table lamp designed by Superstudio
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The Gherpe table lamp does not belong to the traditional typologies of lighting fixtures placed on a surface, due to its form like the shell of a marine creature, and to its use of an industrial material like methacrylate. It represents one of the first examples of an interactive luminous object, which thanks to its relationship with the user is capable of changing its tone: from white light for illumination, to colored light to alter the emotional perception of a space.
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#poltronova #archizoom #superstudio #gherpe #gherpelamp #radicaldesign #popdesign #design #italiandesign #madeinitaly #lamp #light #dynamiclamp #interior
🐌 Gherpe
Table lamp designed by Superstudio
.
The Gherpe table lamp does not belong to the traditional typologies of lighting fixtures placed on a surface, due to its form like the shell of a marine creature, and to its use of an industrial material like methacrylate. It represents one of the first examples of an interactive luminous object, which thanks to its relationship with the user is capable of changing its tone: from white light for illumination, to colored light to alter the emotional perception of a space.
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#poltronova #archizoom #superstudio #gherpe #gherpelamp #radicaldesign #popdesign #design #italiandesign #madeinitaly #lamp #light #dynamiclamp #interior
🐌 Gherpe
Table lamp designed by Superstudio
.
The Gherpe table lamp does not belong to the traditional typologies of lighting fixtures placed on a surface, due to its form like the shell of a marine creature, and to its use of an industrial material like methacrylate. It represents one of the first examples of an interactive luminous object, which thanks to its relationship with the user is capable of changing its tone: from white light for illumination, to colored light to alter the emotional perception of a space.
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#poltronova #archizoom #superstudio #gherpe #gherpelamp #radicaldesign #popdesign #design #italiandesign #madeinitaly #lamp #light #dynamiclamp #interior
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Superstudio
1967 — 1978
Designed for Poltronova:
Gherpe, Sofo, Passiflora, Vanitas, Ofelia, Spera, and more
To request information, please write to info@poltronova.it, for a quote to sales@poltronova.it.
